1 Samuel 20:11:11 Sam.20.11.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-da-VID le-KHA ve-ne-TSE ha-sa-DE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-da-VID le-KHA ve-ne-TSE ha-sa-DE va-ye-tsu she-ne-HEM ha-sa-DE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, which introduces direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רʾ-m-r
“to say”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:11
And Jonathan said to David, “Come and let us go out into the field .” So they both went out into the field.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vayomer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.20.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.11.W1.S1) and character.